/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Leandro Aparecido <lehphyro@gmail.com>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.metalframework.serialization;

import java.io.*;

import org.springframework.aop.*;

/**
 * Defines the two methods the JVM calls when deciding which object to
 * serialize and deserialize for any given object.
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface ExternalizableProxy extends RawTargetAccess {

	/**
	 * @see http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/platform/serialization/spec/output.html
	 */
	Object writeReplace() throws ObjectStreamException;

	/**
	 * @see http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/platform/serialization/spec/output.html
	 */
	Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException;

}
